Improvement in modes of securing railroad-joints



ia i UNITED STATES )IMPROVEMENT iN] Moni-:s`

.ZolaZZ whom it may concern: n Be itknown thatl, LYMANFAY, of Fall Blver, in the county `of Bistol and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain Improvements in Securing the Joints of Railroad-Rails and the Fish-Pieces which are applied thereto, offwhich the followingisa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification,in whichf, j y "fFigure -l is a view of arail-joint with my improvements applied thereto; lFi g. 2, a transverse `vertical section on the line ma; of Fig. 3,y and lFig.3 a horizontal Section on the line y `f1`/of\]ig."2. y t v To secure the joint of railroad-rails, `and to keep them inline and level, fish-pieces ABof `these drawings-are applied, one on each side of therails, overlappingthe joint. These pieces are formed to iit` in the `hollow `againstthe `:thin part or neck of `the rails, where they are secured by bolts passing through them and j through the rails,the bolts being drawn up tight ..bynnuts to bind thefish-pieces firmly against the rails. `Itis found inpractice to be diiii` cult` to keepthese` several parts in position, as the jarof thefpassing trains loosens the nuts `and bolts,when the fish-pieces rattle andwear, `andceaseto hold the joi'ntrm, as they are intended to do.` -Q f i H.. My present invention consistsinamethod,to v be hereinafter described,of securing these fish- `pieces andthe joint of therails.

That. others sk`lledwintheart maynnderstand and lise my invention, I willproceed to describe the `mannerin which I have carried nitiout. y

In the said drawings, G` and D are the two trails, the joint a of,` which is overlapped by toliein thehollow of the"rails oneach side of the neck b. Screw-bolts E pass through the n Speciicationforming part of Letters Patent No. 35,597, dated June 17, 1862;

l two sh-pieces, A B, of iron, which are formed PATENT e, OFFICE.

oF SECURING RAILRoAD-JOINTS.

the sh-pieces. To keep these bolts from turning back and loosening, and also to keep the fish-pieces in contact with the rails, and prevent their rattling and wearing, I Vadopt the following device:

A. cast-iron box,

j F, `has `an iron blocker follower, G, that lits within the si des of the box in the box. (I have tried wood, but prefer vulcanized `india rubber for this packing.)

-`and follower before they enter the fish-piece A. As the bolts are screwed up tight, the packing H .is severely compressed (l think, in soine cases whereI have tried it, with a pressure of several tous.) This binds the elastic packing so tightly around the bolts that they are not liable `to unscrew, while the fish-.pieces are pressed by the elasticity of the packing constantly against the rails, and the jar given to the rails by passing trains does not work the bolts loose or jar the fish-pieces off from the rails so that they wearand become loosened. By screwing the bolts VE into one of the fishpieces, I find they are less liable to loosen than when they pass through the fish.- piece and have nuts screwed on'their ends.` I find in practice that kept upto the rails, and do not rattle and wear,tl 1e bolts or their nuts have less tendency to turn and work loose.

What nI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

The method, substantially as above described, of securing the fish-pieces A B, which overlap and conne thejointa of two railroadelastic-packing H andV the bolts E passing 4through them.

- i LYMAN FAY.

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iish-pieces and'through theneck of the rails,

la screw, c, on each bolt screwing into one of B. E. fIEscHEMAcHER.

and rests on an elastic packing, *EL contained when the sh-pieces A and B are rails-viz., the box F and follower G with the 

